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Verizon and Microsoft are two of the largest companies to pull advertising from Facebook and Instagram thus far. Read more.

Reopening branch offices and expanding a remote or digital workforce creates this “new edge” that requires connectivity, automation, and built-in security, Cisco’s Pat Vitalone said. Read more.

Dish's pool of vendors for its yet-to-be built cloud-native, virtualized open radio access network is starting to look strikingly similar to Rakuten Mobile. Read more.

The company's antenna-integrated radio portfolio is based on technology acquired with the purchase of Kathrein Mobile Communication last year. Read more.

Under the agreement, Aryaka will provide a cloud on-ramp into Alibaba Cloud, and the cloud provider will offer Aryaka's SmartServices portfolio. Read more.

Anjuna’s software automatically encrypts data in runtime, at rest, and on the network with no changes to the application code or software development kit required. Read more.